Button-setting machine.



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BUTTON SETTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 1913. RENEWED OCT. 19.1914.

1,147,381 I Patented July 20, 1915.

Q I r SHEET$-SHEET 4 Original application filed August 19, 1912, Serial No. 1913, Serial No. 766,660. Renewed -a citizen of the United WILLIAM E. ELLIOTT, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

BUTTON-SETTING- MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. ELLIOTT, tates of America, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of 'Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Button-Setting Machines; declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

M Y present invention relates to button setting machines and particularly to the type of such machines, which is described in my co-pending application Serial No. 715,794, filed August 19, 1912, from which the subject matter of this present application is divided.

The object of the present invention is, generally, to provide an improved mechanism whereby buttons may be securely attached to shoes; and, more particularly, to provide an improved means for feeding such buttons into the proper position wherein they may be so attached; improved means for forming the button-attaching staples;

improved means whereby these staples with their buttons may be fastened improved means for preventing the accidental breaking of the buttons or the damaging of the machine by any imperfect operation of the parts; improved means where by the machine may be automatically lockedfrom operation when no button is in position to be attached to the shoe; and to provide the machine, with improvements in other respects hereinafter appearing. These objects I attain by, and my present invention is preferably embodied in, the struc ture hereinafter described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in vertical section, of a portion of my button-attaching machine and illustrating my present invention; Fig. 2 is a like view of parts of the same and illustrating the movable members in another position; Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 are plan views in a plane indicated by the line 36 of Figs. 1 and 2 (the tion of the machine being removed), illustrating different successive positions of certain. parts in their operative movements; Fig. '9' a side elevation of the greater part of the structure shown in Fig. 1, viewed Specification of Letters Patent.

nd I do hereby to the shoes;

upper por- Patented July 20, 1915.. 715,974. Divided and this application filed May 9,

ctober 19, 1914. Serial No. 867,535.

from the opposite direction; Fig. 8 is a view similar to Figs.-3, 4, 5 and 6, showing a portion of the locking mechanism whereby the machine is held from operative movement; Fig. 9 is a view of parts of the locking mechanism shown in transverse section on line 9-9 of Fig. 8; and Fig. 10 is a crossiection of the button chute,'on line 10-l0 of l The buttons 1 slide by gravity down the inclined button-chute 2, the body of each button being supported by the side members 3 of the chute and the eye 4: of the button entering a longitudinal slot between the side members as particularly shown in Fig. 10. These buttons are held in the chute by a spring pressed retainer 5 engaging the loW- ermost button as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

6 is a reciprocating slide which constitutes the operating member of the machine and is reciprocated by any convenient means, preferably by a rod 7 connected to a suitable treadle (not shown) at its lower end and pivoted to one arm of a bell crank lever 8 at its upper end, the other arm of the lever being connected by a rod 9 to a lug 10 on the slide 6. Carried by the slide 6 is a pivoted pusherll, which at-its lower end engages a sliding staple former 12 to move the same downward. This pusher is held in' engagement with the former by a fixed stop 14, comprising a stud and roller, until a projection 13 on the pusher engages swings the same out of engagement with the 'former. The former 12 slides between gibs '15 and 19 frictionally former by a spring 16 to frictionally hold the former from moving. The gib 19 has an opening 18 through which the wire 20 is fed, and the corner 17 of the former coacting with the gib 19 shears the wire 20 therebetween, being equal .to form a staple the length of wire required to 22. An anvil 23 is provided over which the staple is formed by the former 12. The anvil also has longitudinal and transverse openings 45 to receive the the distance between the gibsengaged with the eye of the button and guide the wire into I the same. This anvil is preferably formed in one end of an oscillating bar 29 upturned at its respective ends, pivoted near the middie, and extending beneath the slide 6 and the former 1.2. The ends of this bar are out the former back to startingipositign.

wardly inclined and engaged by inwardly inclined ends of the former to oscillate the bar as hereafter described.

he lower end of the former is recessed to receive the staple formed thereby, vided with longitudinal grooves 24: toreceive and guide the legs of the staple. A driver 25 is attached to the slide 6 and reciprocates in the former to engage and dr'vethe staple. his driver has a slot in its end to receive the eye otthe button and shoulders at each side of the slot to depress the crown of the staple at each side of the button eye. To yieldably force the former against the fabric to which the button is' attached the slide 6 carries a yieldable plun ger31 to engage the former after the pusher has been tripped from the same. This plunger is provided with a spring 32 to yield ably force the same downward, engaging a collar on the plunger at one end which .limits the movement of the plunger downward, and provided at the upper end by a washer slidable on the plunger divided end of the pivoted arm 42, carried by the slide 6, the free end of which arm is normally held against the spring by a rigid arm 51 projecting-from the upper end of the said slide. 34 represents a rigidly supported clenching die, against which the legs of the staple are clenched inward asat 35when forced throughthe fabric 33 by the driver 25. A pin 26 in the former has limited movement in a recess 27 in the bottom ofthe driver, and when the slide. and driver move hppk to starting position the pin engages tl1e and carries shoulder at the end of the recess feed the wire20, an'oscillat pivoted near its upper end, as at 38, and

is moved backward by means of a; lug 4O thereon en aged by a roller 39 on the slide 6 and is moved forward to feed the wire by a lug 66 on the arm 42, which engages a bell crank arm 43 on the lever A holding dog at isprovided to prevent the wire 26 from moving backward, and a similahdog ll. is mounted on the arm 36 to force the wire forward.

To place-the buttons on the anvil 23, one by one, a bell crank lever 49 is provided which constitutes a part of the button feed mechanism of the machine. Unthis lever is mounted a. feed finger l6 pivoted at its upper end to the front arm of the lever as at 48, and having a concave lower end to engage the button. This finger is pressed ddwnward upon the button by a spring 4L? and as the lever 49 is oscillated the feed finger 46 is reciprocated to engage the lowermost button in the chute and carry the same downward and place it upon the an vil. 6n the upward movement of this finger, it is lifted and carried up over the and pro and engaged by the;

ing arm 36 lower button, to

tons upward in the 0 pin 58 projecting which pin slides gages a recess 6 prev from

ent pushing the buthute, by means of a the side of the finger,

along a guide 59 and en- 0 in. a pivoted plate 61., i

yieldably held in position by a bifurcated.

and pivoted lever 62 enga theplate at opposite sideso yieldably held against t This plate is carrles the finger lowermost button, wher the recess and the finger upon the button a turn to its normal position.

finger the pin pi the button carries stroke of the away and of the finger. should-not get a stop the wire feed staple and. drivin ton. To this end mediate its ends,

65 of which extends with rotated by the pin 46 is allowed ging the edge of if its pivot, and he same by a spring 58 and upward and above the eupon the pin leaves to drop nd tne plate allowed to re button, it is 1 and On the clownishes the plate the lower end In the event that the finger desirable to prevent making a the same without a buta lever 64:, pivoted inter- 15 provided, the inner end n the path of the lug 66 when de 'pressed, and is normally held out of the path of the lug 66 by a above'its outer end, as shown is depressed by the rear when no button is under To properly time the feed. finger; to adapt its movements movement ous sizes of buttons, and. to permit crank uttou l spring in Fig. 9, and

end of the lever the finger 46.

of the to varithe bell lever to engage the stop lever when provide an independently pivoted arm 52. is connected at its lever downward t movable end by a our to a rod 53 which connec the arm 51 on the slide 6.

also connected with 50,'W.l1iCl1 spring t This ar the oward the front of ved connecting rod ts the lever 49 and m 52 is lever 49 by a spring ends to move the said the machine and yields to therelative movement of the said arm and lever.

on the lever gages a lug 57 and the arm 51 slotted at each end movement in each ments of the yields to to diiierent'sizes button is under lever will move lever and move tion.

A suitable feed finger 46. adapt the movement of the finger at the other end, whereby it has a The rod 5?) run 49 at one end 51 ml is; limited to properly time the movespri n g of buttons.v and when no the finger the loci into contact with the stop the same to operative posihousing, oi frame 37, is pro vided for the device, in which the various parts are arranged.

In operatlou, as the slide 6 moves downward, the staple manner readily under description. During the-first part movement the lu the rod 53, and the spring 52 downward an traverses the 50 swings d maintains the a formed and driven in a stood bv the foregoing oi this slot in ill? arm nger as llli) lid the slot and of the lug 66,

in contact with the button. The relative movement of the. arm 52 and the lever 4-9 now stops and the arm 51 traverses the slot in the other end of the rod 53 until the working stroke is nearly completed, where'- upon the arm 51 engages the lower end of swings both the 'arm 52 and lever 49 about their common axis and carries the finger back to a position to engage the lower button in the chute on the commencement of the return stroke.

If buttons of d-ifierent sizes are engaged, the spring 50 will yield to accommodate the position of the finger when resting on the same. If no button is under the finger when it moves down, it is free to move beyond the normal position and the rear arm of the lever 49 will then rise far enough to engage the outer end 63 of the stop lever 64 and throw its inner end 65 down Within the path whereupon the same is prevented from engaging and operating the Wire feed lever 36, and thus no wire will be fed by the machine, when no button is in position to receive the same. Whenthe lug 66 so engages the lever, the spring 32 yields and permits the lever 42 to swing downward and the slide 6 to return to proper startin position. This return movement causes the next button feeding motion of the feed finger to take place, which occurs shortly before the completion of the return stroke of the slide 6, the stop lever now being out of the Way of the lug 66. As the slide 6 completes its return stroke the wire feed is operated thereby as usual.

What I claim is 1. A button setting machine, comprising a reciprocable operating slide, a relatively slidable staple former, a pusher pivoted on the slide engaging the former, a projection on the pusher, a fixed stop to engage the projection and disengage the pusher, a spring-pressed plunger carried by the slide to engage the former after the pusher has been disengaged, and gibs frictionally engaging the former to temporarily hold the same from moving.

2. A button setting machine, a slidable staple, former, means for moving the former in two opposite directions, a gib to frictionally engage the former and temporarily hold the same from moving, and a spring engaging the gib and forcing-the comprising 5 same in contact with the former.

1). A button setting machine, comprising a reciprocable operating slide, a relatively movable staple former, a driver fixed to the slide and also connected to the former to move the same in one direction and having a limited movement relative thereto, a pusher n the slide engaging the former to posi lively move the same in the opposite direc- Eon, means for disengaging the pusher, and

yieldable plunger on the slide to more the g \vire inserted in said former after the pusher has been'disengaged fromv the same.

reciprocable former, a slide carrying a pusher and a yieldable plunger successively operating to move the former, a driver slid able in the former and attached to the slide and also having a slot or recess, a pin-fixed in the former and having a limited movement in the said slot or recess, and means for reciprocating the slide.

5. A button setting machine, comprising a reciprocable slide, a relatively slidable former, a pivoted pusher carried by the slide to engage the former while forming a staple, a yieldable plunger carried by the slide to engage the former while the machine is clenching a staple, a driver slidable in the former connected to the slide and also connected to the former by a pin having a.- limited movement relative to the driver, a,

rocker bar extending beneath the driver and having oppositely inclined ends arranged to be alternately engaged by like inclined ends on the driver, and an anvil carried on one end of the bar and having an opening to receive the eye of a button and to receive a eye.

6. A button'setting machine, comprising a pivoted wire feeding arm, a slide carrying a yieldable lug to operate the arm when feeding wire, a stop engaged by said lug to prevent the feeding movementof the arm and normally out of the path of the lug, and a button feed finger carried by a lever adapted to move the stop into the path, of the lug when the finger fails to convey a button to setting position.

7. Abutton setting machine, comprising an oscillating armto feed wire, a reciprocable slide, an arm pivoted on the slide and arranged to operate the feeding arm on its feeding movement, a spring to hold the arm in operative position on the slide a pivoted stop lever to intercept the movement of the arm, a lever carrying a feed finger to move a button to setting position and limited in its movement by the button, and a spring to yieldably move-said lever and finger beyond said position, said last named lever engaging the stop lever to move the same to operative position when the movement thereof is not limited by a button.

8. A button setting machine, comprising a slide carrying a plunger to operate a staple former, an arm pivoted on the slide, a wire feed device operated by the arm, a lug on the arm, a spring on the plunger engaging the arm to hold the same in operative position on the slide, a pivoted lever engaged by the lug and path of the same, and means for moving said lever into the path of the lug when the machine fails to feed a. button to setting position.

normally out of the .oted end of the arm,

9. A button setting machine, comprising a reciprocableslide, an oscillating arm to feed wire, a bell crank member on the piva projection on the side of the arm, a roller on the slide to engage the projection and move the arm backward, a pivoted arm on the slide to engage said member and move the 'Wire feed arm forward, a lug on. the last named arm, a spring tohold said'arm in operative position on the slide, a pivoted stop lever normally out of the path of the lug, a bell crank'lever arranged to engage the stop lever at one end, a'spring to vieldably move said lever, and a feed linger carried by said lever and limited in movement by a button when held in setting position by the finger. 10. A button setting machine, comprising an anvil adapted to support a button in p0- sition to receive a wire, means for feeding a wire through the eye of the button, a feed finger to engage and carry a button to position on the anvil and limited in its movement by the button, a bell crank lever car rying the feed finger at one end, a spring to yieldably move said lever, and a stop to prevent feeding of the '-wire moved to operative position by the other end of the bell crank lever whenever the finger fails to carry a button into position on the anvil.

11. A button setting machine, comprising a pivoted lever, a feed linger carried by said lever, an anvil to receive the button and stop the movementof the lever, a pivoted arm, a spring connecting the arm and lever, a reciproeable operating slide, a rod connecting the lever and slide and having a, limited movement relative to each to operate the lever during only a part of the movement of the slide, and a second rod connecting the first rod and the arm to. vary the tension of the spring.

12. A button setting machine, comprising an anvil to receive and hold a button, wire feed mechanism to insert wire in the eye of the button, a stop lever to prevent the operation of saidinechanism normally out of operative position, a bell crank lever, a feed finger carried by one end of said lever, the other end of said lever arranged to engage the stop lever and move the same to operative position when the finger does not engage a button, a pivoted arm, a spring connecting the arm and lever to move the lever, a reciprocable operating slide, a rod connecting the lever and slide and having a limited movement relative. to each to operate the lever during only a part of the movement of the slide, and a second rod connecting the first rod and the arm to vary the tension of the spring.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM ELLIOTT.

\Vitnesses HAnoLn O. VAN An'rwenr, LUTHER V. MOULTON.

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